CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state Department of Health and Human Resources reports two West Virginia counties are now have more than 100 confirmed coronavirus cases.
In numbers released Friday morning, both Berkeley (105) and Kanawha (101) counties had topped the 100 mark since the DHHR began tracking the numbers more than a month ago.
There have been 18,681 tests administered with 754 positive and 13 deaths. The positive tests only grew by one from the agency’s Thursday evening release.
The state’s positive test rate remains steady at 4.04 percent.
The DHHR has another release set for Friday evening.
Confirmed cases per county include: Barbour (4), Berkeley (105), Boone (2), Braxton (1), Brooke (3), Cabell (28), Fayette (3), Grant (1), Greenbrier (3), Hampshire (6), Hancock (7), Hardy (3), Harrison (28), Jackson (39), Jefferson (57), Kanawha (101), Lewis (2), Lincoln (1), Logan (9), Marion (40), Marshall (7), Mason (10), McDowell (6), Mercer (8), Mineral (7), Mingo (2), Monongalia (83), Monroe (2), Morgan (7), Nicholas (3), Ohio (22), Pendleton (1), Pleasants (1), Preston (6), Putnam (13), Raleigh (7), Randolph (4), Roane (2), Summers (1), Taylor (4), Tucker (4), Tyler (3), Upshur (3), Wayne (72), Wetzel (3), Wirt (2), Wood (27), Wyoming (1).
.@WV_DHHR reports as of 10:00 a.m., on April 17, 2020, there have been 18,681 laboratory results received for #COVID19, with 754 positive, 17,927 negative and 13 deaths. #StayHomeWVhttps://t.co/GLxkod1XmK pic.twitter.com/qQWzZNdNG9
— WV DHHR (@WV_DHHR) April 17, 2020